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Church leaders speak against 'wicked' war
Britain's two most senior churchmen have launched separate impassioned initiatives aimed at preventing war against Iraq. In an article in The Times today the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-OâConnor, writes that a war would have grave consequences, possibly setting the Arab world against the West. What the hell are they now? What have I missed? The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, has also raised his concerns in a private letter to the Prime Minister. "Cuz we're against war and stuff, huh huh." Their interventions are the latest in a number by bishops opposed to action against Iraq â and their comments are increasingly irritating the Government and its advisers. One official said that remarks from some senior clerics suggested they regarded Saddam Hussein as liberal-minded. If I were to become religious, I'd probably become a Zoroastrian. They believe in good and evil, light and dark. Christians â especially those of the Archbishops' stripe â don't believe in that anymore. Protestantism arose when Luther got cheezed at the Church for selling indulgences; these suckers give them away for free, without even being asked. Maybe that's why there's not much difference between them and druids anymore... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-09-05 |
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